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Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 7:35 PM

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Coraline (2009) Horror Genre

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I tried to add Horror to Coraline. Because why not? The book (by horror writer Neil Gaiman) it's based on is horror genre which literally won several awards for being a horror YA novel.

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8 months ago

I wouldn't consider Coraline horror and I don't think most people would. Neil Gaimen isn't a horror writer. He's a fantasy writer. Of the three awards that I can see Coraline winning, only the Bram Stoker award would be considered horror.

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@adrian​ And over 5000 users have placed the book into horror.

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8 months ago

People are making assumptions that I'm the only one to think Coraline is a horror film.

The site's Wiki page.

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8 months ago

Hi Tsarstepan-

We really appreciate your insight on this. But as per our guidelines definition, we would not consider Coraline to be a horror movie.

Cheers!